Elites

Health-Care Reform was the Key Issue in the 2008 Campaign...What Happened?

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics


Joseph A. Palermo

For some, the system works best when elites make the most fundamental decisions for our society, unencumbered by the trappings of "democracy", and when the population is depoliticized, misinformed, or both.

The Birthers and the Insurance Industry: The Latest in a Long Line of Conservative Coalition

Mike Lux | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics


Mike Lux

Insurance company execs are thrilled and excited to be sending money out to right wing groups to shout down citizens coming to town hall meetings to discuss health care reforms.

Just Like Me -- I Hope Not

Adam Kernan-Schloss | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics


Adam Kernan-Schloss

Call me out of step, but I want a president who's better than me.

An Open Letter to Joe 6-Pack -- These Buds Are NOT for You

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics


Robert S. McElvaine

The qualities you seek in friends and drinking buddies and not necessarily the ones that make a good president. The last eight years should have taught us that lesson.